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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1916
Page
4
The Equitable Assurance Society of the States shows continued progress with total insurance on its books at 1,529,800,900, up 35,600,000 for the year. New insurance written in 1915 reached 158,456,612 under New York law, and policy holders rose by about 35,900 during the year.
Advertising copy touts Resinol Soap as cleansing and skin healing. It claims soothing protection for skin and scalp, preventing eruptions and keeping the complexion clear while making hair rich. A trial offer invites readers to request free sample sizes from Dept. 1SP, Resinol, Baltimore.
Philadelphia Feb 17 The will of Mrs Emma Ketchener leaves her daughter one dollar and her son in law seven thousand nine hundred seventy nine dollars The clause notes she never treated the daughter as a dutiful child The Rose Garden Husband is referenced.
Dr G M Hawkins will speak on Racial Betterment Thursday evening before the Seattle Birth Control League at Yesler Way branch library, 24th Ave and Yesler. The notice invites readers to read The Rose Garden Mushend.
Judge Dykeman of the juvenile court endorsed Mrs Nellie M Burnaide's proposal that the school board administer the mothers pension law and even handle juvenile court work.
An account touts Adier-i-ka a buckthorn bark glycerine tonic promising relief for constipation sour stomach and even appendicitis prevention. It claims a spoonful acts on both bowel sections and cites Swift's Pharmacies as the retailer.
A series of open meetings to stimulate activity in establishing new industries in Alaska will be held under the Puget Sound section of the American Chemical Society in cooperation with the Manufacturers' Association. The first meeting is set for noon February 26 at the Arctic Club, with manufacturers and business men invited. Read The Rose Garden Nushand.
A rooster crowing at 4 a.m. led to an alleged fight as Mrs. Henry Hamberger accuses Kenneth MacDonald, an architect, of assaulting her with a glass jar. Abatement proceedings against the Merchants’ hotel at 109 Yesterday are under way in Judge Albertson's superior court Wednesday.
An old advertisement touts a home made cough syrup using 2 1/2 ounces of Pinex mixed with sugar syrup to yield a pint. It claims rapid relief for dry hoarse or painful coughs and notes Pinex is Norway pine extract famed for bronchitis and winter coughs. A money back guarantee accompanies the product from The Pinex Co. Fort Wayne Indiana.
The Class A theatre lease held by Wm. Smythe and Monte P. Brown was renewed for five years with Smythe also managing the Strand. Liberty shows Pete Prindle in His Picture in the Papers. Undine features a dramatic 150 foot dive and mermaid acts at the American. The Pendleton Round-Up riders star at the Hippodrome with Sharkey a crowd favorite. Strand presents Broadway chorus clash in The Chorus Girl Tangle with Florence Reed and company. Kerrigan appears in Song o the Stars at the Mission. Fannie Ward stars in Tennessee’s Pardner at the Coliseum.
The Rex Theatre features a 16 year old girl in a melodrama about a murdered father seeking gold and family upheaval. Nance O Neil earns praise for A Woman's Past at the Clemmer while The Idol of the Stage at Colonie delivers a gripping drama of a convict’s wife and an infatuated guard.
Robert Athon of the vaudeville company at the Hippodrome is busy with a movie sketch featuring many Seattle street scenes. The cameraman worked Wednesday and will film more Thursday as Star Want Ads reach over 68,000 homes daily.
The Cox family vaudeville act starring father and his three daughters plus sons headlines the Hippodrome bill in Seattle. The family performs parodies on late songs with the 10 year old member drawing big laughs as the act closes the show alongside Robt. Athon & Co The B Dare & Williams Effie Joy and Ab & Rose on the bill.
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